Since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, its proponents have repeatedly claimed that both consumers and our financial markets will benefit from the new law. We now know that both of those claims are false.
On the recordMay 21, 2012
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Shelby criticizes claims about Dodd-Frank's benefits for consumers and markets.
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